Boys basketball: Jermar Dancy, Pioneers grab win

Lawrence, Taylor score 17 apiece; defense steps up

12:13 AM,
Jan. 27, 2013

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Jermar Dancy scored 22 points to lead the Poughkeepsie High School boys basketball team to an 83-47 non-league victory over visiting Riverside on Saturday.

The Pioneers, winners of two consecutive games since losing to Kingston at SUNY New Paltz one week ago, held a 19-17 lead after one quarter before pulling away over the middle two quarters against their opponents from Riverside (9-5), located in Yonkers.

"We stepped up defensively in the second quarter,'' Poughkeepsie coach Brian Laffin said. "The second and third quarters were two of our better defensive quarters of the ...